Vinnie Barbarino and Freddy “Boom-Boom” Washington reunited this week when Welcome Back, Kotter vet Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs surprised long-ago “classmate” John Travolta on the red carpet at ...

As class cut-up, Vinnie Barbarino, the then-21-year-old performer became an instant heartthrob and a sought-after leading man for big-screen Hollywood hits like Carrie and Grease.

Travolta rose to fame as Vinnie Barbarino in the ABC sitcom.

Travolta got his break starring as the charismatic and cocky student Vinnie Barbarino, whose catchphrase “up your nose with a rubber hose” became one of the most memorable and quoted lines ...